2 * BSSSSSSSBSSSSSSBSn \ .WITH ,1 ■ |1 WITH I mcy ™ rifcv rloiv TVDPfi rlolv 1 SERVICE 1 * Ilimi I SERVICE A New Fisk Branch FOR THE CONVENIENCE of Dealers and Car Owners we have opened a Local Fisk Branch where we shall carry a Complete Stock of Fisk Tires to fit all rims—Plain tread Non-skid and the handsome new tire— The Fisk Red Top Our Service Policy And Facilities Are Incomparable Only second to the Quality of our product is our effort to see that your satisfaction is complete in each individ- /jO » ual transaction. Our Service is FREE TO EVERY / TIRE USER. ttf The Fisk Rubber Company ,:Sf... OF N. Y. _ »it.v.ihi.oi. 19 South Third Street Harrisburg, Pa. % IS NO TIME LIMIT ON FOOD That's What the Commission to Inves tigate Cold Storage Says in Its Re port to tho Assembly The report of the Commission to In vestigate Cold Storage created by the 15)13 legislature will be tiled with the General Assembly to-night. Xo bill to regulate cold storage is recommeud ed, for the reason that the resolution creatiug the Commission did not em power it to draft legislation. According to the report, the Com mission found that the fixing of arbi trary time limits in regard to the keep ing of food Lit stotage means less to t'he consumer than the condition of the stock when it goes into cold storage, and how it is handled after it is taken out. The report says: ''lt was brought out before the Com mission that, instead of a time limit on food, it would be far better to have inspection »t warehouses with a view of ascertaining the condition of food when it goes in and its condition when taken oirtl" Xo conspiracy between the cold stor age warehouses and the merchants for the purpose of increasing the price of goo Is to the detriment of the ■was found. The report states that the warehouse men are merely eustodians of property placed in their possession and under no condition do Phev profit l>y reason of the abnormal jurices of eggs or any other food commodity giv en to them for preservation. The fact that cold storage facilities of the big concerns are open to any householder is brought out as i«-ooJ' that no conniv ance to advance the price of foodstuffs is possible. The final conclusion of the Commis sion is r.l a t legislation on cold storage should be uniform: that when the laws of one state conflict witih the laws of anotTier on this subject business is ham j>ered and destroyed; and that no one State siiould enact a law on cold stor age thnt differs as to time limit and branding from existing acts in other States. FUR CAP BAFFLES THUG Stays Force of Blackjack and Holdup Falls Towandn, Pa.. March 15.—A heavy fur-lined cap which he wore saved j.' R. McKeeby, Towanda's oldest mer chant, from death at the hands of a highwayman Saturday night. The thug crept up behind McKeebv, struck him on the head with a blackjack and knocked him down, but was frightened away by McKeeby's outcries before he could rob him. A bad gash was cut in McKeeby s head, the thick fur-lined cap staying the force of the blow sufficiently to prevent- more serious injury. » r \ Lath to Lath to Timbers Lumber for repairs or lumber for new build ings. Small orders or large orders supplied 011 very short notice. It makes 110 difference to us if you want one board or one carload we will give your business prompt and careful at tention. This is the one thing we are particular about —to get lumber on the job when it is wanted. United Ice & Coal Co. | Forater and Cowden Street* HARRISBTJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 15. 1915. LIKELY TO SETTLE MAYO CASE Scrauton Claimant Expected to Sue lor Divorce Only | Scranton. Pa, March 15.—Setting : at rest rumors of au impending settle i inent of the claims of Mrs. Florence Weeks Mavo, of Scranton, upon Vir : ginius J. Mavo, the New Haven mil- I lionaire. ,1 W. Carpenter, chief eoun j sel for the woman, stated last night that there may be no developments in the case for several days. He admit ted that Frederick E. Scott, his assist ant, has been in New Haven, but de nied that he spent Sunday there in a further effort to effect a settlement ! with the manufacturer. There is a strong opinion here that the woman will not prosecute Mayo. It is thought that cash settlement will t>e made, and that Mrs. Mayo will then | sue for divorce. FIND KIDNAPED CHILDREN Teamster Admits He Took Little Ones, but Says He Was Intoxicated Keadiug, Pa., March 15.—After the police and private detectives had been seouring the city and county for them since they were taken away from in front of their home Saturday by a driver of a produce team, Catherine and Harold Eddinger were recovered yesterday at Poplar Neck, below Read ing, and restored to their parents. Frank Swavely, driver of the team, has been arrested and locked up. He admits that he took the children, but protests that he was intoxicated and was not really aware that he had them on his hands until he reached Gibral tar. He says he was afraid to drive back to the city without a light and put the children up at a hotel for the night. He was driving back with them to Reading when he encountered the police. DEDICATE PERFECT BABIES Fond Mothers Hope for Future Eugenic Marriage j Los Angeles, March 15.—A perfect i baby boy and a perfect baby girl have been dedicated to each otmer by their fond mothers in the hope that in the coming years love, gently guided by maternal hands, may lead to an eugenic marriage. The 100-point children who are un consciously facing a made-to-order ro mance are William Charles Flvnn, 37 months old, and Alene Calvert Houek, 17 months old. The parents of the "winners of eu genic trophies are awaiting the future with interest. Oldest Odd Fellow Celebrates Lancaster, March 15.—Andrew S. Chambers, the oldest Odd Fellow in Pennsylvania in point of years in mem bership, having joined Lancaster lodge seventy-one years ago. was 93 years old yesterday. He is also the oldest Moravian iu the State and suitable exercises were held at the Moravian j church yesterday in honor of the i event. State Senator Sproul Robbed Chester, March 15. —6neak thieves j got into the residence of State Senator . William C. Sproul's country place, I Lapidea Manor, yesterday and stole I several suits of clothes, his gold watch j and S2O in money. A man formerly i employed by the Senator is suepeeted ; of knowing somtheing about the rob ! berv, and the police are looking for j him. Nabbed In Saloon, Escapes Mob Mahanoy City, March 15. —With ' guns and lanterns, an infuriated posse ! hunted the mountains for hours for the assailant of the 7-year-old daugh ; ter of George Rhoades. At midnight .lohin Kennedy was quietly arrested in | a saloon ami later identified by the i girl. He protested his innocence. Fear ing an outbreak, the man's hearing has been twice postponed. Funeral of Charles A. Grady ,- Marietta, March 15. —The funeral of Charlee A. Grady will be held from his residence here to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'cloek with interment \n Mari j etta cemetery. Mr. Grady was connect- ' !ed with a number of business enter prises in this city amd Philadelphia. | Pneumonia Fatal to Farmer Wrightsvillc, March 15. —M. S. Abel, | 63 years old, a farmer and fruit grow er, died SatuiMuv from pneumonia. He is survived by a widow and thirteen children and a number of grandchil dren. He was a member of the United Brethren church. GETS <t0.000.000 LEGACY B. H. Throop, Scranton, Receives Sec ond Bequest From Estate Scranton, March 15. —Left $5,000,- 000 on his 21st birthday by his grand father, Benjamin 11. Throop yesterday was bequeathed $5,000,000 'by his aunt, Mrs. Mary Throop Phelps, who died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Throop homestead. Mr. Throop is 24 years old. Mrs. Phel[>s, who died yesterday, was the daughter of l>r. Benjamin Throop, late physician for the Lacka wanna Coal Company, who amassed a great fortune by buying coal lands. MISSING PASTOR BACK MUTE Nothing to Account for Preacher's Speechlessness Chester, March 15.—The Rev. Ed ward Rice, pastor of Vnion African Methodist Episcopal church, went to call upon a parishioner about noon Friday, and did not return home until last night. He was speechless, but in possession of all his other faculties. Phyeiciaus are puzzlerfi Rice shows no siiyis u ;' ha\ing been attacked and doctors who examined him say there is no evidence of any drug or kuockout potion having been administered. * HEIR, A DESERT DISHWASHER Son of Wealthy New Yorker Will Stay in West. He Says IfoltvilJ#*, i a)., March 15. —Found in | a desert construction camp as a disu i was'her by his wealthy mother, Hei'bcrl ! A.. 21-year-old son of R. B. Forcheim | or, head of a big Xew York importing j house, will not return east to the home j he quitted two years ago to carve his ; way iu the new West. I "This is my country,'' vouug For | cheimer said yesterday." "When I left 1 Now York I felt as if I were leaving J the oaf.V-i. But I've made good here. I built up not only my health, but my self-respect. This is mv home, and my mother, who is completely taken with this valley, is going to remain here, I too—a little while, she says now—hut for good if she stays here many more days.'' Sunday Baptizing in Icy Waters Akron, March 15.—A large number of people yesterday witnessed the bap tism of a number of converts in the icy waters of the spring on the farm of Wayne Zwallev, near this place. The rite was administered by the Rev. Dav ii Landis and several clergymen took part in the exercises. Back From Funeral to Another Death Hazleton, March I^s. Returning from the funeral of a friend, Mrs. John Sinilgenski received a terrible shock whan she entered her home and found her hushaud lyiug dead a« the result of heart trouble. Aged Man Dies at Hospital Marietta, March 15.—Emanuel Shertz, 76 years old, died Saturday at the county hospital from a complica tion of diseases. He was a master me chanic and carpenter. One brother and a grandson survive. The Size of the Ash Pile How big is your ash pile? You paid for coal, and if the winter's ash pile is larger than it should be you didu't get the best you were entitled to. Let Kellev show you the way to save by burning the kind and size of good coal that costs no more than the wasteful, ash-pile contribut ing kind. How is your sup ply? H. M. KELLEY & CO. 1 N. Third Street Tenth and State Streets SHOT " COWBOY" PLAYMATE Boy Slayer Disappears After Too Realistic Game Ilazleton, March 15. —Playing cow boy too vividly, John Potosky, an 11- \ year-old West Hazleton bov, was shot i through the heart and instantly killed I by Joseph Oblosky, si-ed 12, in the ! woods on the outskirts of the town | yesterday afternoon. "Hoid up your hands," command j ed Oblosky, according to two other j boys, and then he tired at Potosky. Oblosky, who is charged with*hav i ing stolen the weapon front his father, | fled and officers are searching for him. ! SUFIBAGE BABIES TO CONTEST Women Want to Prove Voting Does Not Hinder Home Life Pittsburgh, March 15.—Suffrage • babies in a sectiou all their owu wall 'be a feature of the "Better Babies" ! show to be conducted here in Juue by Dr. F. Edwards, health director. This I h;is been decided U|>on by the Ivquul j Franchise Association with a view to convking dauwers that suffragists can 1 gtiida the home and seek the ballot at | the same time without imperiling tlie j country's childhood. - I There will be no limitations on the gentries and prizes will be awarded. BOY CONFESSES BURGLARIES Implicates Trio Not Only in One Charged, But in Others | Shenandoah, Pa., March 15.—Arrest ed by Chief Cantlin and Pn'troUuan ! Gibbon*, John iJupchonis, Atflhony Yur | laviv/. and Harry Salamv, ranging in ! age from 13 to 17, were arraigned be ! fore Justice Giblon on a charge of j burglarizing AT"Silverman's store. Pri ] day, of $-6 in cash and a quantity of ' dry goods. One of the boys broke down ! aud confessed, not alone to this robbery ' but to throe others committed here re- I centlv, implicating all. Burglars Saturday night forced an | entrance into the S. A. Gastin general j store here and to Abe Shatr'o 's store ill j Bingtown, but in each case were scared ! away before thev had time to do any I plundering. GOAT-FEST AS SALE JOLLITY Berks Chef Stuffs Roast to a "T" With TOO Big Oysters , Reading, Pa., March 15.—'Attending I a sale in tile Oley valley and not wish- I iug to go home without making a pur chase, a party of Kutztown residents | bid in a goat. On the way home they j formed a stock company, each having j a proportionate ownership iu t'he tin i can eater. Then Andrew Seidel was I elected stock-farm manager and L. G. i llefiley, another owner, wa-» instructed ito slaughter the goat and serve him j at a dinner. I 'Hefllev a .'cpted the jol), roasted the j goat and used 7-00 big oysters for the : stuffing. At the dinner, where thirty j eig!.; men participated, the goat would | not have bc««n res-ognize.il had the own i ers not known h.im in life, and a few who were ke;t in the dark thought they were eating roast veal. BOSTON'S QIRLS SMOKERS Policewoman Exempts Some, But Says Practice Is Increasing Boston, :M.wh 15.—"1f things keep going at tlioir present pace, it will not be long before we shall belhold our girls puffing cigarette* on Treinont street." said Mrs. Anna Steinaner, Boston's only policewoman, in teilinj; yesterday of a sweeping investigation she had just finished. "Boston's girls are cigarette smok ers," s>he went on. "But let me say here that it is not among the middle class we find the greatest number of girl smokers, "but among the very wealthy and very low. The women of the lower class ami' the women of so ciety are the smokers. I find the num 'ber of high school girls wV) smoke is on the increase." Church Mass Meeting in Marietta Marietty, March 15.—A mass meet ing of the churches of this section was held veaterdav in Aeri's theatre. There was special music by the combined choirs and the speaker of the day was' the Rev. Joseph J. Oensler, pastor of St. John's Lutheran chnrch, Columbia. Build Organ to Go to Scotland Lebanon. March 15.—The Miller Or gan and Piano Company, of this city, has completed an organ in its factory here to be seat to Lauderdale, Scotland, the summer home of Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch comedian. STATE ORCHARD EXHIBIT BEGINS WEEK OF MARCH 22 Demonstration! to JM Held la Many Counties Under Auspices of Agri cultural Department—Aim to Sup press Posts for Better Results The fourth week of orchard demon strations to be held throughout the S3t*tß will begin on Monday 'next, March 22, under the auspices of the Citato Agricultural Department. Amoug those in this section of the Stato are tlhe following: Franklin County —E. C. 80-wera, demondtrator, Monday, Mlarcib 22, Hur ry !B. Kroltw, Mercersburg. Ful'tOn Voumty—T£. B. Bowers, dem onstrator. Wednesday, March 24, J. B. Runyan, MeConnoUAurg. Huntingdon County—J. S. irochland er, demonstrator. IMtonday, March 22, O. M. Wright, Calvin. Wednesday, March -4, Uaorge P. I-win, Pennsyl vania Furnace. Northumberland County—G. B. Stitcher, demonstrator. Friday, March 26, R. Swt't Aiuuicrman, Danville, K. No. 6. Prof. H. A. Surface, Slate Economic Zoologist, iu charge of the demonstra tions, saye: "It should be emphasized that thoso demonstrations are for the purpose of teaching all of tho people of a neigh borhood in a practical way the foest j>os si'ble methods of suppressing pests and producing better fruits. The meetings are made public, and extensive an nouncements are made, in order that all interested persons may have an op portunity to attend and see the work done, take specimens that are supposed to be diseased or infested with pests, ask questions concerning them, as well as on other topics, and receive the help that the trained demonstrator can give. Tlhe meeting wil be held at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the day mentioned. The inspector will be there rain or tlhine. If the weather be too bad for the demonstration on that day, it will be postponed until tho next, "it is not tlie pup|H)se of the meeting to furnish lunc'h to visitors, but to give them ac cess to the premises, with an opportun ity to learn 'just how the work is done that has resit Ited in such remarkable returns for Pennsylvania fruits anu has raised this State from the rank of sev enth to second in the rank of fruit pro duction within but a few years. '' Whenever premises are quarantined against foot anil mouth disease the pu'b lk". demonstration will be postponed un til further notice.'' BOILING WATER 4S A DIS- ' INFECTANT Little Talks on Health and Hygiene By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D„ Commissioner of Health Measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria and various other communicable dis eases are perhaps most readily trans mitted by the discharges from the aose and mouth of the patient. When the patient is cared for in the home and some member of the family must act as nurse, it is necessary for the pro tection of whoever acts in this capacity and for those who come in contact with the patient that the utmost care should be exercises in handling them. Instead of the handkerchiefs com monly used for this purpose the pa tient should be supplied, with cheosa cloth or paper napkins and in a suf ficient quantity so that they cau bo handled with comfort. Those which have been Osed and discarded should bo handled only b > the nurse and immedi ately burned. After handling such ma terials the hands should be thoroughly disinfected in a bichloride of mercury or other good antiseptic solution. The dishes and eating utensils which are used for the sufferer should iu no ! instauce be washed with those used ,'n | the household, but should be placed in ■ a receptacle kept just outside the sick j room door containing a disinfecting so | lution of cresols or formaldehyde and then placed in boiling water and al ! lowed to boil for ten or 'ifttwn minutes. I The sheets and '>ed clothes, which will invariably be covered with fine particles of sputum when the patient coughs or sneezes, should be plae>d >n a tub containing ono of the three dis infecting solutions aud allowed to soak for three hours, after which they should be boiled for one hour. When there is a suffersr from tuber- I culosis in a household they should not use tho dishes and eating utensils i which the other members of tlie family do, but should be supplied with indi ! vidual utensils. These should always be first boiled and then washed separately. These are fundamental precautions in the handliug of coinmuaicsible dis ease which can only bo disregarded at the peril of the nurse and the entire household. Unquestionably the trans mission of disease from one member of a family to another in many cases is due to the failure to follow out this method of procedure consistently. NERVES BETBAY FUGITIVE Excited Way He Paid Fare Made Con ductor Suspicious Ridgway, Pa., March 15. —The man arrested by Pennsylvania railroad de tectives at Renovo Saturday was identi fied yesterday morning as Tony Car bono, who, it is charged, shot and killed Frank E. Mosca, of Jamestown, at Johnson-burg Thnrsday night follow ing a quarrel at » card game, in which it is alleged Mosca was caught cheat ing. Carbono, who was lodged in the Elk county jail here yesterday morning, had boarded a train at Kane for Phila delphia, and when Conductor W. G. Brown went to collect his fare he no ticed that the man was very nervous. Knowing of the Johnsonburg murder, he notified the detectives at Renovo, who placed the man under arrest as a suspect. WHAT CATARRH IS It has been said that every third person is troubled with catarrh in some form. Science has shown that nasal catarrh indioates a weakened condition of the body; that the secretion of the mucous membranes are quickly affected, and local treatments in the form of snuffs and vapors do little, if any good. To correct catarrh yon should treat its cause by enriching your blood with the oil-food ia Scott's Emulsion which is a medicinal food and a building-tonic, free from alcohol or any harmful drugs. Try it. IWJ ftoott ft Bowie. SloomScki. N. J. FACE BROKE OUT IN SEVERE PILES Would Itch and Burn, Lost Sleep. Had to Scratch, Used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In One Month Face Smooth. Never Bothered Since. R. F. D. No. 1, Kirby, Pa—"My face began to break out In pimples. There would little bump* come and they would tstay that way for a day or two. They would Itch and bum and I lost a good deal of sleep. I had to scratch them. "I used most everything I knew of but got no relief. One of my friends told me about Cuticura Soap and Ointment so I sent and got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a bos of Cuti cura Ointment. In two weeks I had great relief and In a month my face waa as smooth as anyone'a and it baa never bothered me since." (Signed) Arthur Thomaa, Sept. 3, 'l4. Are your little ones suffering from Itch ing, burning ecsemaa, or other torturing, dlsngurlng akin troubles? Then you should know that Cuticura will bring comfort for them and peace and rest for you. Sample Each Free by Mall With 32-p. Skin Book on requsst. Ad dress poct-rard "Cuticura. Dept. T, Bo«- ton." Sold throughout the world. C. V. NEWS MISSING MERCHANT FOUND Thurmont Man May Have Been Drugged and Bobbed While in Baltimore on Business Gettysburg, March 15.—Believed to have been drugged, robbed and then placed aboard a dredge bout at Balti more, Mil., David Firor, a Thurmont merchant who had been missing from home since March 2, has written to his wife and mother saying that he is in Jacksonville, Fla., peuniless and being cared for by an Italian family. His request for money with which to re turn to Attains county immediately was complied with by his wife. Fyor, in his message, declared that he cannot account for his strange trip, saying that his mind was n "blank"' soon after ho arrived in Baltimore a fortnight ago on ,i mission to buy Rast er supplies for his store. He added that he may have fallen a victim of aphasia or " sleepy-heatfedncss" al though he strongly intimated his belief that thugs drugged him. He had $(!0 in his purse upon arriving in Baltimore but when assisted from the dredge at Jacksonville early last week, he had not a cent. Protest PostofSce Order Ohambersiburg, March 15.—Franklin county farmers are protesting against, a postoftice department order dire-ting that rural mail carriers at the Chum bersburg office should begin their jour neys into their districts at 10.15 o'clock a. nv. ami' return from t'heir dis tricts by 5 in the evening. At present they are leaving at 8.30 a. m. and re turn around 3 o'clock. It is probable that a petition will be circulated to have the ruling changed. Fractured Both Anns Carlisle, March 15.—Missing her footing as she was descending the stair way at her home on North Hanover street Saturday morning, Mrs. Martin Ran, fell the entire distance from the first floor to the cellar. Her arms both were fractured and she sustained other minor injuries. Her condition is seri ous although not regarded as critical. Dr. Spangler is attending her. Dies Following Wife's Burial Chambersburg, March 15.—Daniel R. Holsinger died at Ms home at Duf tield at 12.40 o'clock Saturday ntorn ing, following an illness of several months. His wifo died 'Monday last at, noon. She WHS buried on Thursday. At that time Mr. Holsinger was in a criti cal condition and it was known that the eud was near. Mr. Holsinger hail' lived at Dufiield since 1878, where he was successfully engaged in the implement business. His entire life had been spent in the neighborhood. Mr. Hol singer was born June 30, 1840. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William R. Thompson, with whom he made his home and three grandchildren. Husband of Elsie Singmaster Dies Gettysburg, Pa., March 15.—After an illness of several months from heart trouble, Harold S. Rewars, husbamt of Elsie Singmaster, the author, died last evening, aged 32, at the home of Dr. J. A. Singmaster, president of th e Get tysburg Theological Seminary. He was formerly assistant professor* in English at Gettysburg. FREE SCHOOL FOB ACTRESSES Dillingham Will Train Pretty Girls to Fill Boles New York, March 15.—Charles B. Dillingham will open a training school for the stage at the Globe Theatre in June to continue laluring the summer, according to an announcement made re cently. This pran was prompted by the scarcity of actresses and chorus girls of attractiveness and beauty to fill roles in Mr. Dillingham's next season's mu sical plays. R. H. Burnside, general stage di rector for Mr. Dillingham, will have charge of the school. Ho will be as sisted by W. E. Maequinn, De Witt Ooolman, A 1 HoUbrook and Charles Mast. The school will be open to any girl between the age of 16 and 20. Tuition will be free, the only condition being that applicants give an option on their services to Charles Dillingham. Address Parent-Teachers' Association Rebanon, Marcih 15.—The Friends' Guild and Parent-Tea.ifcers' Associa tions of Reibanon announce a meeting in the Court House Thursday evoning, March 18. The meeting will be iid dressed by Mrs. Frederick Tehoff, of Philadelphia. Her subject will be "Guarding and Guiding the Children." Barn Burns at Ooffoetown Rebanon, March 15.—Fire of un known origin Saturday entirely de stroyed the barn of David Sanders at Coffeetown, north of Palmyra. Tho loss is estimated at SI,OOO and in cludes the bam, two houses and pigs, valued at S2OO, and 60 chickens aud some farming implements. WHEN IS GARDEN GROUND READY FOR PUNTING? Average Backyard Soil Poor But House wife Kay Get Good Results If Careful Attention Is Given Ita Preparation In Spring ■ Washington, D. U., March 14. "When is the proper time for prepar ing to plant one's gardenf" The United States Department of Agriculture's specialist says that in the spring afl soon us the soil has dried so that a handful when grasped in t*he hand and gripped by tme fingers will slowly fall apart upon being released, it is in a tit mechanical condition to prepare for planting. Clay or heavy roils should nevar be worked While wet. More injury may fee done by doing this tlhan can be overcome in several vears of careful culture. When the soil is found dry, a 4 de scribed above, tfhe upper three iarfhes shouM be made nne by the use otf tiho hoe and steel-tooth rako; all rubbish, stones, ami clods should be removed and the surface made even, somewhat compact, and as level as the contour of t'he area will permit. It may then be marked off for planting in conformity to t'l>e general plan of the garden. Much of the soil in the average back yard is not. only poor in plant food and deficient in decaying vegetable master, it is hard and unyielding. (However, such is the basis which manv a house wifo or child has to use for tilie making of a garden. Teachers who plan sehooT gardens for their pupils also have sim ilar conditions to meet. Therefore, in order to get good results, careful atten tion must be given to the preparation of the soil. Soils which are naturally moist are likely to bo sour and so not in the best condition for the crop. Whether sour or not it will be weM to have the pupils test them, which can he done as fol /I s , : B * eure £r(>m a ''rug store a piece of blue litmus paper; then take a hand ful of the soil slightly moistened and place the paper on it. If sour the paper will turn red. To correct such a con* dition lime should bo used. Cover the ground with a thin cost of air-slaked lime, which can probably be secured nearby at small cost, and' work this in well. The use of t'he lime, while not a plant food, will correct the acidity and will improve the physical condi tion of the soil. If the soil is clayey or a stiff clav loam and the location is in a section where severe freezing occurs, it will bo fojnd a decided advantage to give the area a heavy dressing of decomposed manure in the autumn, and beforo freezing weather sets in spade the land so as to turn the manure under and leave the soil in a rough, lumpy con dition so as to %*curc the benefit'of the digestive action of t'he winter freezes in reducing the soils. This should be re peated annually at the north. If the soil is light, and sandy, a mulch of manure may be spread over it in the fall and the spading delayed until spring. In localities where the soil does not freeze, the manure mav be applied in the autumn, and the'soil repentedlv spaded during the winter whenever it is dry enough to be worked. The value of freezing at the north can to an ex tent be attained by repeated spading# itt. tho south. Tho one general orecau tion which should alwavs be ohserved is never stir the soil while it .is wet. FIRE DESTROYS TWO HOUSES 16-year-old Girl Carried From Burning Building Unconscious Duncannon, March 15.—A fire, re sulting in the loss of two houses valued at SIO,OOO, started here early yester day morning The houses to Reorge Sellers and George Hess. Tho fire started in oue of the outhouses Irom an unknown origin. The homes are located on North -High street near the Juniata bridge, and are consid ered the finest in that section. Mr. and Mrs. Hess were away from home and When they returned thev found their residence in flames. Their 16-year-old daughter was carried from the second floor in an unconscious con dition, having been overcome with smoke. Mr. Sellers is a retired employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Mr. Hess is a conductor on the Middle division. Moose to Observe St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated Wednesday by Rodge No. 107, Royal Order of -Moose, at the home. Third and Boas streets, with a musical enter tainment and Irish lunch. Bay Snow and company, sketch artists; Pete i'endergast, a local contortionist; the Keystone quartet; W. Grant Moore, in sleight-of-hand, and others will take part in the entertainment. Arrange ments have been completed by the lodge to have the Mighty Midway Shows come here during the week of May 17. The show will be held on the North Sixth street grounds. Post 58 to Give Entertainment "A Soldier's Rife" is an entertain ment to be given by Post 58, G. A. R., in Chestnut street auditorium Friday night. The play will be participated in by Sons of Veterans and other lqcal talent. On tihe committee of arrange ments' are F. H. Hoy, Sr., A .4. Pugh, E. B. Hoffman, N. A. Walmer and F. I. Thomas. Chinatown Slum Worker to Speak S. D. Gleason, a former evangelist and slum worker in Chinatown, New York City, will conduct a series of serv ices in the American Rescue hall, Brpad str,eet market house, starting to-morrow evening. Adjutant Earl Smith will have charge of the serviues. . A Simple Way To Remove Dandruff There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need, apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the linger tips. By morning most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dis solve, and entirely destroy, every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all itching and digging of the scalp will stop Instantly and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky anff soft, and look anji feel a hundred times better.—Adv.
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